Tundra Environment Flashcards
Management
Alpine Convention
Protect natural environment while still promoting economic dev
20% Alpine forest is national parks which protects against erosion, water, biodiversity loss
How is climate change affecting it?
Permafrost melting
Vegetation and animals sensitive to change + may not recover from it due to them having short growing season
Biodiversity migrating e.g. red fox now having to compete with arctic fox for food
Why is Tundra a fragile ecosystem?
Vegetation and wildlife every sensitive to environment changes and may never recover from changes
Why is Tundra valued?
Much of Europe’s water comes from tundra glaciers, which are predicted to have melted in next 100 years
Supports range of wildlife so will see a reduction in biodiversity with changes
